We must see that there is no reason to be born. Born in what way? Born into gladness: when we get something we like we are glad over it. If there is no clinging to that gladness there is no birth. If there is clinging, this is called `birth’. So if we get something, we aren’t born into gladness. If we lose something, we aren’t born into sorrow. This is the birthless and the deathless. Birth and death are both founded in clinging to and cherishing the saṅkhāra.

Excerpt from The Collected Teachings of Ajahn Chah: The Middle Way Within, pages 7-8.

Source: Dhammacetiya

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